Nigerian-British Grammy-winning singer, Talay Riley, dies at age 35. ๐
Born Mark Olayinka Orabiyi, the talented singer passed away following a fatal stabbing in East London on June 5.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones. ๐๐ฝRest in peace, Talay. ๐ฏ๏ธ
This tweet just shows our absolute inability to hold multiple thoughts simultaneously.
First, the people saying he doesn't have a valid impairment are ignorant of the medical & social realities of his condition, especially in our environment.
Second, throwing himself as a target into a deeply serious conversation that's centred around profound, life-altering developmental disorders that often require 24/7 medical dependency is a spectacular failure of self-awareness by him.
Almost the same way it would be completely out of touch for someone with dyslexia or mild hearing loss making a conversation about severe lifelong genetic anomalies all about themselves.
Both things are true, his struggles are incredibly valid, & his attempt to insert himself into a totally different stratosphere of medical trauma is frankly manipulative & blindly insensitive.
Last QT. ๐
A lot Nigerians abroad date people they ordinarily wouldn't date back home.
That University angle is a very good example...
A lot of people wouldn't date someone that didn't go to university (school), in Nigeria.
But abroad, it's fine.
Malleable. ๐
@Tsarina_muna@Sai_Ishaya_ Lmaoo. No actually! Hotness is permanent!! Toot your horn!!!! ๐๐ซฑ๐พโ๐ซฒ๐ผ
But the pool has shrunk. Clear as day ๐
The backstory of how Scary Movie was stolen from the Wayans brothers after the first two films
only for them to finally get it back and put up the highest box office weekend in franchise history is cool to see, legit happy for them.